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The clitoris is a very receptive organ and has a more complex and larger anatomical structure than what we generally tend to think. What is commonly called the "clitoris" is, in reality, the "glans of the clitoris", its external part, protected by the clitoral hood, where there are about 8,000 nerve endings, sensitive to touch and pressure. Once in the brain, the information transmitted by these endings is decoded as pleasant or painful.
For this particular sexual sensitivity and reactivity *, clitoral stimulation requires attention and care whoever is practicing it (themselves or a partner).
* Although it may not appear so obvious, the clitoris swells with excitement and swells, enlarging slightly, very similar to the corpora cavernosa of the penis.
Stimulation of the clitoris contributes significantly:
- To pleasure declined in the feminine;
- The likelihood of women having an orgasm versus penetration alone.
Not only that: during penetrative sexual intercourse, 70% of women reach orgasm more easily if they also receive direct or indirect stimulation of the clitoris.
Although it is possible to arouse orgasm from other parts of the body - G-spot and nipples included - these premises make the clitoris the most reliable erogenous zone.